Dispatched to investigate the suicide of one of DC's most influential defence officials, Drummond and his female partner find themselves in the middle of a tug-of-war between Washington's most influential power brokers and his own personal allegiance to the soldiers dying overseas.

Despatched to investigate thesuicide of one of DC's most influential defence officials- an ardent, early supporter of the war in Iraq -Drummond and his female partner find themselves in themiddle of a tug-of-war between Washington's mostinfluential power brokers and his own personal allegianceto the soldiers dying overseas. What he uncovers are thesecrets that led to the war, secrets that once exposedwould destroy public support and undermine thepresidency.Now, Drummond faces the greatest moral quandary ofhis life: What is the true meaning of patriotism?